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Trades industries
– beyond construction
Ngā taiao mahi ā-rehe
– i tua atu o te mahi hangahanga
“Now’s the opportunity. I would just start
calling local employers and try to find a job,
because the building industry’s going to be
booming for the foreseeable future at this
stage. They need the workers so if you’re
thinking about it now’s the time.”
Max Byl
Foreman, Battli-yon Builders Roofing Specialists, Wairarapa
“I’m really loving it, I would highly recommend it to all other girls. I think it’s just a really great head start in life, to be able to be earning this money so young. For me, I really want to travel, and this job has also given me that opportunity to earn the money for that but then to go overseas and be able to work overseas too.” Haylee Lemon Apprentice, Kevin Goodall Builders Ltd, Tāmaki Makaurau
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Trade worker shortages
Te kōpakatanga o ngā kaimahi ā-rehe
Infrastructure investment will play a and just 2.5 percent of construction
pivotal role in New Zealand’s post- tradespeople are women on the tools
COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery. or in apprenticeships. The infrastructure
New Zealand’s construction and industry has made more progress, from
infrastructure industry has an acute skilled a female workforce of 3 percent in 2012
labour shortage and COVID-19 is likely to to 9 percent in 2020.
exacerbate that shortage.
The COVID-19 recovery provides a great
Half the working age population are opportunity to look at traditionally male-
women but only about 13 percent of dominated industries and workforces for
people in construction are women your career.
Dispelling myths around
the trades for women
Te kaupare i ngā
pōhēhētanga o te mahi a ngā
wāhine i ngā mahi ā-rehe
Women profiled in this booklet told us that:
• many employers are happy to • the variety of work, and changes
support women and recognise in the methods used, means that
that women bring diversity to the many jobs don’t require as much
workplace, providing a broader strength, and aren’t as harsh on
range of perspectives, as well as the body as some expect.
a variety of skills and experience
• employers will appreciate hard work
to the worksite.
and a great attitude.
• most workplaces are now much
• women are not ‘too sensitive’ for
more friendly to women and
the work and are fully prepared to
wāhine Māori and Pasifika in their
get ‘down and dirty’!
workplace culture.
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Advantages of the trades
Ngā painga mō te taiao mahi ā-rehe
Women, employers, and industry groups • the range of jobs within the trades, and
we spoke to said that there are many range of skill-sets required
benefits to the trades as a career option. • opportunities overseas, making it
Primary among them is the extent of easier to travel with working holidays
opportunities available for women to work
in these industries. In addition, those we • many programmes and initiatives to
consulted said benefits include: assist apprentices in their training and
into jobs, and are particularly keen to
• getting paid while you learn! support women and wāhine Māori and
• no student debt! New Government Pasifika who are new to the industry
funding in response to COVID-19 • learning practical skills that trainees
means that some trades training can use on their own homes
options for apprentices are currently
• leaving a legacy – bragging rights every
free – for more information check out
time you pass a building you have
the Fees Free Tertiary Education and
worked on
Training policy and Targeted Training
and Apprenticeship Fund at www.tec. • extensive opportunities to establish
govt.nz/fees-free-information-for-teos your own business and work towards
your own success.
Invest in your future
Taupuatia tō anamata
Create new opportunities for yourself, both on site and off site:
• Look for roles which use transferable • Apply for mentoring programmes,
skills, that will allow you to diversify and at a later stage, get involved in
your skills and move into many different mentoring your younger sisters in turn.
industries. • Take on new challenges and find
• Get involved with networking or create projects to lead off your
organisations and events, such as own bat.
Women in Trades. • Be prepared to work hard, have a vision
of success and a great attitude!
“Once you get in there you just realise there’s so many
cool things that might stem from your original passion.
I think this industry offers a lot to women just getting in
the know of how systems mechanically work and operate,
learning skills that can be utilised around home.”
Marlane Harmer
(Ngāti Kahungunu, Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui),
Mechanical Engineer, Ravensdown, Hawke’s Bay
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Advancement opportunities in the trades
Ngā whanaketanga i ngā mahi ā-rehe
Congratulations you’ve graduated! What do you do now?
There are various approaches to career which do not involve picking up tools,
development on the work site, whether if you prefer working in an office
you want to take a step-by step process environment. If you have no experience
leading up to the highest level project with the trades, but are looking to
management roles, or you want to own transfer from an alternative career path
your business. – you could look into areas which closely
Alternatively, many options are also reflect your skills and talents, perhaps
available within the construction, smoothing your entry into the industry.
infrastructure, and trades industries Potential roles or career options include:
On-site pathways Off-site or ‘off the tools’ pathways
• Leadership of a small teams, • BIM management
graduating onto larger teams • Programme planning
• Cadetship opportunities • Estimators
• On-site mentoring roles • Quantity surveying
• Foreperson roles • Architectural technicians
• Site management • Building design, including 3-D
• Project management modelling
• Self-employment – start your • Structural engineering
own business! • Services engineering
• Operations
• Commercial management
• Sales and retail
• Interior design
• Tutoring at a local training body
These are just some of the career paths excavator operators, line mechanics,
you can explore once you’ve graduated and electricians. The opportunities
your apprenticeship. Trades with strong are endless!
career pathways include such roles as
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“I think [the course] is incredibly feasible for “Quantity surveyors are scarce
someone who doesn’t have the time or even as hens teeth in New Zealand,
the money, because it’s free now until 2022. highly sought-after, coveted
So it’s really feasible from that point of view, positions, offering great potential
but [also as someone] without the industry for development.”
and on the job-knowledge it’s worth doing.”
Heather Harding
Jess Coleman General Manager,
Quantity Surveyor Cadet, Harding Construction, Timaru Harding Construction, Timaru
“It’s all about teamwork and as a supervisor on-site, I plan and coordinate my trades to get their work completed to standard safely, as time is money. I am action focused and enjoy celebrating progress, victories and achievements.” Roimata Maihi (Tapuika, Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi), Foreperson, Hawkins Ltd, Tāmaki Makaurau
“Within my first year as an apprentice, I was given leadership
opportunities with the other apprentices.
I have my own drive – everyone has to have their own drive to
succeed, and I had a vision quite young. My vision is that one
day, I will have my own family business.”
Diana Murray
Adult Electrical Apprentice, Caldwell and Levesque Electrical, Tāmaki Makaurau10
Training in the Trades
Te whakangungu i ngā mahi ā-rehe
Apprenticeship programmes
Māori and Pasifika Trades Training Downer employment
(MPTT) and training programmes
Māori and Pasifika people aged between Downer offers a wide range
16 and 40 are eligible to apply for a of opportunities for entry into
scholarship from MPTT. The scholarship apprenticeships and cadetships
covers course fees and access to one- throughout Aoteaora New Zealand;
on-one mentoring, including help with for those looking for a first time career
finding work in your trade. and for those wanting to shift careers.
www.maoripasifikatrades.co.nz/trainees/ Downer also supports leadership
opportunities for women and has recently
Masterlink piloted Te Ara Whanake Wahine Toa,
A mentored apprenticeship programme a leadership programme specifically
for plumbing, gas-fitting and drain- designed for Māori women.
laying that organizes all details of the www.downergroup.com/people-and-careers
apprenticeship.
www.masterlink.co.nz/become-an-apprentice/
how-it-works/
Further information on training
programmes can be found at:
Cadetship programmes • Your branch of Te Pūkenga,
industry training organisation,
Hawkins Graduate and wānanga, or private training
Cadet Programme establishment
This two-year Cadet programme covers
• Cad (Cadet) workshops
the full construction process, including
site operations, estimating and tendering, • Apprenticeship Training Trust:
planning and programming, and www.att.org.nz/start-an-
commercial management. Cadets learn apprenticeship
to work within multi-disciplinary project
teams. It is open to those with a relevant • New Zealand Welding Trades
tertiary qualification in construction, as and Services:
www.nzweldingschool.co.nz/
well as qualified carpenters.
programmes/
www.hawkins.co.nz/careers/training-and-
development-pathways11
“I don’t think you necessarily have to “A trades apprenticeship opens up a
have the building experience. I think range of jobs out there you can have
everyone has their skill-set that they within the industry. You can work
could bring to the role, and it could your way up to it because you’ve got
be beneficial for everyone. all that knowledge behind you and
are quite well equipped.”
So, for example, they might have
really good management skills, or Pearl Baker
they may have really good computer Apprentice, Battli-yon Builders Roofing
Specialists, Wairarapa
knowledge. I think it’s important
that women know that just because
they don’t come from that industry,
they still have a lot to give, from their
previous jobs and experiences.”
Jess Anderson
Construction Co-ordinator, A1homes Wairarapa“The opportunity is out there for heaps of learning for a start. For women too, I find that with one trade you can get into it and then see what other options are around. Definitely you can put yourself out there for lots of opportunities.” Larena McGregor (Waikato-Tainui), Painter/Decorator, Jeff Dermott Painting and Decorating, Ōtautahi
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What people in the
industry say
“I just really love being
Ngā korero a te out there. I love being
hunga i te taiao on the different jobs.
ā-rehe I love being able to
work outdoors and I love
working with the machines.
“We give all of our high-performing I’d definitely recommend it to others.
apprentices opportunities for leadership There’s absolutely no reason girls can’t
throughout their apprenticeships. We try do it and, in the end, it’s really satisfying
and mentor them through it till they work to do. You can look back and see
finish. Everyone is equal in our eyes, something you’ve created and feel really
it’s all about attitude.” good about it.”
Craig Black Pearl Jury
Manager, Caldwell and Levesque Electrical, Project Manager and Excavator Operator,
Tāmaki Makaurau Gair Contracting, Napier
“Once upon a time you did your “What I’ve noticed is [women] come in
apprenticeship and then you were and just see carpentry, they don’t see any
qualified and that was really the end of the other trades. They see the orange
of it. Now it’s much more than that. high-viz and they just think labourer, but
BCITO are getting apprentices and they don’t know that they could be a
saying ‘OK, so in the first few years, project lead, or own their own businesses
yes you’ll achieve your apprenticeship once you open that pathway.”
and your qualification, but then what
Yems Parsonage
after that? Do you want to be self- Māori Pasifika Programme Lead, Hawkins Ltd,
employed? Do you want to start your Tāmaki Makaurau
own business? Do you want to go
on to construction management?’ “You’re not just out there with your
So there’s a much broader range that steel-capped boots on, there’s so
the apprentice can see right at the many different roles, and often better
beginning of the apprenticeship.” paid than you can get in your ‘I went
to university’-type role.”
Kevin Goodall
Managing Director, Kevin Goodall Builders Ltd, Heather Harding
Tāmaki Makaurau General Manager, Harding Construction, Timaru14
Get more ideas from...
Me whai whakaaro anō i…
Building and Construction Industry National Association of Women in
Training Organisation (BCITO) Construction (NAWIC)
New Zealand’s largest provider of NAWIC informs and upskills women in
construction trade apprenticeships. construction and promotes networking
The BCITO’s training advisors develop and information sharing.
training programmes specific to each www.nawic.org.nz
trainee and their training environment.
www.bcito.org.nz Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ)
Formerly the New Zealand Contractors’
Connexis Federation, CCNZ members are engaged
Connexis is the infrastructure industry in civil engineering construction and
training organisation for civil, energy, general contracting.
telecommunications, and water offering www.civilcontractors.co.nz
nationally recognised qualifications.
With an active Ultimit (Women in Women in Road Transport
Infrastructure initiative), Connexis is This group was created in 2014 and
available to support more women join provides success stories and networking
the infrastructure industry. opportunities for women.
www.connexis.org.nz www.ultimit.co.nz www.rtfnz.co.nz/women_in_road_transport
Skills.org Women in Engineering
Skills.org plays an active role in encouraging A programme for women in engineering
more women to enter the trades though which works to improve the gender
initiatives with other ITOs and industry disparity and pay gap in the engineering
partners to promote successful careers for industry.
women in trades, and promote networking www.engineeringnz.org/resources/women-
across various trades. engineering/
skills.org.nz/community/women-in-trades/
Women in Roofing
Māori and Pasifika Trades Training This is a volunteer-based organisation
A group of training and industry that provides networking, mentoring,
organisations working together to help education, and recruitment opportunities
Māori and Pasifika become leaders in to support the careers of woman roofing
the trades. professionals.
www.maoripasifikatrades.co.nz/ www.nzwomeninroofing.org.nz/15
“Because it’s such a diverse role, there’s “If you’re looking for a flexible career
always something to learn, I never feel alternative, the option’s there, once you
bored in what I do. The things that get your LBP licence, that you can start
I’m doing today I feel are completely your own firm and in that case you can
different to what I was doing this do your own hours. You can contract
time last year.” yourself as someone temporary and
finish up when you’re done.”
Caitlin Gregory
Architectural Technician, Splice Design Limited, Ellen Burgess
Ōtautahi Architectural Technician, Splice Design Ltd, ŌtautahiThanks to the following organisations Reference group:
for their help producing this booklet: Haylee Lemon, Kevin Goodall, Kevin
E mihi ana ki ngā rōpū i tā rātou tautoko Goodall Builders Ltd; Jess Anderson,
e puta ai tēnei pukapuka aratohu: Paul Southey, A1Homes; Pearl Baker,
• Building and Construction Industry Max Byl, Battli-yon Builders; Larena
Training Organisation (BCITO) McGregor, Jeff Dermott Painting and
Decorating; Caitlin Gregory, Ellen
• Connexis Infrastructure Industry
Burgess, Splice Design Limited; Marlane
Training Organisation
Harmer, Ravensdown Fertiliser Works;
• Skills.org Jess Coleman, Heather Harding, Harding
• Master Builders Construction; Diana Murray, Craig
• Women in Trades Black, Caldwell and Levesque Electrical;
Roimata Maihi, Yems Parsonage, Hawkins;
• Hawkins
Pearl Jury, Gair Contracting.
• Stuff.co.nz
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